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KippZonen Pyranometer Calibrations
KippZonen Pyranometer Calibrations
HOW
every 2 years after first use.
International Standard IEC 61724-1
Photovoltaic System Performance -
Monitoring:
The Kipp & Zonen Device and Procedure forms WHEN Class A (High accuracy):
recalibration once per year
Annex A.3.1 of the ISO 9847 calibration standard. Class B (Medium accuracy):
recalibration once every two years
It uses an artificial light source to compare the
sensitivity of the test pyranometer with a reference Class C (Basic accuracy):
pyranometer calibrated under sunlight. as per manufacturer’s requirements
Kipp & Zonen remotely manages and monitors its automated calibration
QU AL I TY facilities around the world. Software controls the calibration process, avoids
operator mistakes and saves all the results in a central database. Only after a
successful calibration a certificate and instrument label can be printed.
Kipp & Zonen partners receive the Approved Calibration Facility stamp only after the installation and commissioning meets
Kipp & Zonen quality standards and calibration staff are fully trained. All pyranometers are inspected, tested and calibrated to
the same procedures and quality as at the factory in Delft, The Netherlands.
SMART TR ACEABILITY
Kipp & Zonen reference instruments are
SMP Smart pyranometers can be used immediately fully traceable to SI
after recalibration, since the analog and digital through the
outputs are converted to the new sensitivity World Radiometric Reference
stored inside. at the World Radiation Centre
in Davos, Switzerland
CMP pyranometers have a new
sensitivity value (μV/W/m2)
that must be used in
the calculation from
output (μV) to
irradiance
WHER E
(W/m2), Kipp & Zonen is installing factory-standard automated
typically
in a data
calibration facilities in all the important regions of the world.
logger.
United States
China
India
Thailand
Singapore
Netherlands
UK
France Germany
pyranometers
per year are
calibrated on
Kipp & Zonen
automated
calibration
facilities around
the world
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